Ppsspp Setting For Fullmetal

24-05-2021 by

Months ago, I bought a raspberry pi 3 model B from Amazon, and then, ...then, a whole summer passed and I'm still thinking about to make more projects with it. :D

Mar 01, 2020  Thanks to → PPSSPP.ORG team, who brought PPSSPP Emulator to us and which makes it possible. Currently, PPSSPP Emulator is most complete PSP emulator that supports most of Sony’s console games at very playable frames. This PSP emulator is designed very user-friendly and works with most of the platforms. Jan 17, 2016  Best Setting for PPSSPP Android: Highest FPS, Tested with God of War – Hi! I wrote an article earlier “How To Download & Play PS3, PSP Games On Android: Tutorial“. It was based on PPSPP Emulator.But recently, I have got complains about slow gaming, graphics glitches and low FPS on PPSPP Emulator.

Alright, today let's focus on the psp settings of retropie.

Ppsspp

As you may all know, retropie is one of the best OS based on rpi which could turn your $35 raspberry pi into a king of game consoles. With retropie setted up, you can play Battle City, Raiden, Metal Slug, King of Fight, Super Mario, Kingdom Hearts and any other games on a plenty of platforms like NeoGeo, Nintendo, and even Sony PSP.

Almost all the games could run fluently on your rpi, if not, poke around the settings and you will be good to go.

Comparing to others, the configuration of PSP emulation is the most difficult and the most worthy one that you should play around. And it confused many people. I've been tweaking those parameters for couples of weeks and finally, I found a combination to make most of the games I have running nearly perfectly.

I didn't test many games, but I've got

  • Dragon Ball Z - Shin Budokai (USA)
  • Kingdom Hearts - Birth by Sleep (USA)
  • Bleach Soul Carnival (JPN)

Running perfectly on my retropie.

But with these games:

  • Little Big Planet
  • Ridge Racer 2 (EUR)
  • Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Impact (USA)
  • FIFA 14
  • Assassin's Creed - Bloodliness (USA)

I still have trouble to run them. Among which, Assassin's Creed can run fluently but there are many vertical grey bars on the screen looks like the screen is broken into 6 parts. I believe it is due to the broken of .iso file rather than the settings.

For the Ridge Racer, the screen is always dark, looks like the global light sources of the game weren't rendered.

For Little Big Planet, it runs fluently but the layers of items seems disordered, so some backgroud items is blocking the whole screen and makes it unplayable.

Ppsspp Setting For Fullmetal Laptop

For FIFA and Naruto, it might be because the amount of complicated 3d models which makes the game stuck.

My settings might not be the perfect solution, but the effect of those playable games are very promising, so I hope my settings could help you.

So I'm gonna share my configurations for people who need.

After the installation of your retropie, boot it up. The first thing you want to do with psp is to install the other version of psp emulation(ppsspp) and disable the original one(lr-ppsspp).

To install ppsspp:

If this is the very first time you boot it up after the installation, there is no other platform for you to choose, no need to panic.

Wait for a second, it will shut down the emulation station and pop up a Basic style menu.

You can also choose [install from binary], they are almost the same. The binary one takes a shorter time to finish the installation while the source one would build up a version that fit your rpi most. I've tried them both and they both work.

I've seen someone on the Internet said that installing from source would provide a better performance but I really didn't feel it if it does.

Becareful when you saw your rpi is under sleep mode and you are not sure whether the installation is finished or not: DO NOT hit confirm button to awake your pi because otherwise you might choose the install from binary/source again and you need to wait for another installation. Don't ask me why do I know that T^T

Now we are talking.

You would see many tabs on the left top corner of the screen. I'll talk about them one by one.

Rendering mode
Framerate control
Performance
Texture scaling
Texture filtering
Hack settings

Let's talk about it a little bit.
The most impact ones are Mode and Frameskipping settings, for 3D games, if you turn the Mode to Buffered rendering, the resolution would be poorer and the speed would be slower at the mean time. But if you are playing a game with many 2D items, even like little big planet, some items might display in the wrong way if you choose different Mode. (I don't know the right configuration for little big planet, I've given up...)

About Frameskipping. It works as literally, like, skip some frames to boot the game speed. But if it skips too many frames, the game will act like a static movie or a game.gif, the best value for my pi is 1.

Audio
Audio hacks
Emulation

Look, this is not a tab in the settings, don't panic I don't have it ether.

After these settings, some games still suck. What you can do is to find the install game or install game data option. It will move crucial game data from .iso file to your rpi and it will signaficantly boot this game. For some game it will take several minitues for the installed data to come effected after the installation.

Another thing you can do is to turn off the auto save feature

If you want better performance, go and overclock your pi!

Check out this link: this is really a good overclock tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTp3mfpCc2A

Ppsspp Setting For Fullmetal Free

I followed this video and overclocked my pi from 1.2MHz to 1.4MHz, faster and safe enough, I can sense it. :D

That's it. If you have any question, leave a comment.

Thank you! Enjoy your retropie psp!

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About PPSSPP

This tutorial is to help you with PPSSPP for Windows. PPSSPP is the #1 emulator for the Sony PSP! It has the usual bundle of features we expect from an emulator. Its game compatibility is very good. PPSSPP's drawback is that it's too good of an emulator - it's resource demanding! Even if you have a pretty fast computer, PPSSPP may struggle to run at full speed.

*If you would like to download PPSSPP, I have it in my emulators page.

64-bit and 32-bit versions

Included in the zip file for PPSSPP are two EXE's: “PPSSPPWindows.exe” and “PPSSPPWindows64.exe”. So what's the difference and which one do you use? That depends on which version of Windows you have:

  • PPSSPPWindows64.exe - PPSSPP for 64-bit Windows
  • PPSSPPWindows.exe - PPSSPP for 32-bit Windows

What's 64-bit and 32-bit Windows? I won't drown you with technical jargon. In short: these are types of Windows systems. 64-bit is newer and faster, and 32-bit is older and slower. If you have 64-bit Windows, you need to use the 64-bit version of PPSSPP. And vice versa with 32-bit.

They stopped making 32-bit computers around 2017, so chances are you're most likely using a 64-bit computer. If you're not sure if you have 64-bit or 32-bit Windows, here's how you can check:

  1. On the bottom left where you see Search the web and Windows, do a search for “64-bit”.
  2. You'll see this come up: “See if you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows”. Click it.
  3. You'll arrive here . Look for “System type”. If it says “64-bit operating system” then you're using 64-bit Windows. If it says “32-bit operating system” then you're using 32-bit Windows.

Using Windows XP? Here are directions for that .

Installation

PPSSPP is a standalone program so it does not have an install wizard. Installation is simple: just extract PPSSPP from its zip file. Not sure how to extract zip files? Here's a video tutorial showing you how: how to unzip files on Windows.

IMPORTANT! PPSSPP must be placed in a common folder on your computer. I recommend Documents, Downloads, or create a folder on your desktop. If you place PPSSPP somewhere else on your main C drive, then you may be restricting it to read-only access. Doing so prevents PPSSPP from saving anything.

To open PPSSPP, double-click on , or if your system requires the 32-bit version.

Setting up the keyboard or gamepad

  1. Firstly, PPSSPP doesn't let you access the button configuration while a game is running. So if you currently have a game running, save and go to Emulation > Stop.
  2. The button configuration is found by going to Game Settings > Control Mapping, as shown below:
  3. You'll arrive at the Control Mapping screen:
    You can navigate this screen like a web page. You can click & drag, use the scroll-wheel on your mouse, or use the keyboard directional arrows. As you can see, PPSSPP already has all the buttons setup including gamepad buttons. Each virtual button has multiple instances of buttons. For example, “kbd.Up” is Up on the keyboard and “pad1.Up” is Up on a gamepad (if you have one plugged in).
  4. If you wish, you can reconfigure any button. Just click on the one you want to change. PPSSPP will prompt you with a little box. From there, press the new keyboard key or gamepad button you want it changed to.

Loading a game

  1. PPSSPP needs games extracted from their archives. So if your PSP ISO is in a ZIP, RAR, or 7Z file, you need to extract it. If you're not sure how to extract ZIP files, here's a video with directions. If you don't have the ability to extract RAR or 7Z files, you can do so with 7-Zip (it's free).
  2. Examples of PSP ISO files
    Once extracted, note that your PSP ISO must be one of the following file formats: ISO, CSO, PBP, ELF, or PRX. If your ISO format is not in one of those formats, then it is not a valid ISO. You'd need to download your game from somewhere else to obtain it in a valid file format.
  3. To load a game, go to File > Load or click Load - as shown below.
  4. You'll see the “Open” window. PPSSPP defaults to its main folder. If you placed your PSP games here, they will be the first thing you see. If you placed your PSP games elsewhere on your computer, you'd need to navigate to that folder. Select the game you want to play then click Open, as shown here . Your game will begin running.
  5. You only need to load a game this way once. Hence, your game will appear as an icon shortcut on the main PPSSPP screen. Like this:
    To load your game, all you'd need to do is click the icon shortcut.

Q: I get errors loading games!

If you get one of these errors:

  • This is not a PSP game
  • Error loading file: file is compressed

There are two reasons you might be getting these errors:

  • Possible Reason #1: You didn't extract the game from its archive. The archive would be in ZIP, RAR, or 7Z format.
    • Is Windows hiding the file extensions of your archives? Here's a video showing you how to show file extensions.
    • If you're not sure how to extract ZIP files, here's a video with directions.
    • If you don't have the ability to extract RAR or 7Z files, you can do so with 7-Zip (it's free).
  • Possible Reason #2: You have a bad game. Perhaps it's partially corrupt. Try downloading the game from somewhere else.

Full screen

Press Alt+Enter or F11 to enter full screen. Press Alt+Enter or F11 again to go back to window mode. While in full screen mode, you can press the Esc key to access your save files or exit the game to the main PPSSPP menu.

If your computer is not that fast, you may encounter lag while your game is running in full screen. If that's the case, read the section below about improving slow performance.

Improving slow performance

The challenge with PPSSPP is that out of the box it's optimized for maximum performance. Slower computers may not be fast enough for it. Fortunately, PPSSPP can be tinkered with to improve its performance on your computer.

1. Reduce the rendering resolution

I think this is the best start toward better performance. By default, PPSSPP is automatically setting the rendering resolution depending on the size of the window or if you're in full screen mode. You can force PPSSPP to always render in a lower resolution. You can do so by going to Game Settings > Rendering Resolution > 3x. If 3x still doesn't improve your performance, try 2x. Look below:

See, it's not too bad. All that lowering the resolution does is make the screen look a little blurry and slightly more pixelated. Try even 1x if 2x doesn't help. But if even 1x doesn't help (or looks too ugly), keep reading.

2. Enable frameskipping

Enabling frameskipping will allow you to keep optimal graphics, but animation will no longer be smooth. To enable frameskipping just go to Game Settings > Frameskipping > Auto. This should be enough to improve performance. If not, keep reading.

3. Skip buffer effects

Setting ppsspp fullmetal alchemist

Now we're jumping into sacrificing graphic quality. Skipping buffer effects will disable any special graphical effects. It'll cause some pieces of graphics that were once beautiful to be solid black. See below:

To enable this, go to Game Settings > Rendering Mode > Skip buffer effects. If even skipping buffer effects doesn't improve PPSSPP's performance, then your computer isn't fast enough to handle PPSSPP.

Ppsspp

Fixing 'jumpy' screens

Even if you lowered the rendering resolution and enabled auto frameskip (as explained above), you may find that the screen is refreshing awkwardly. It's most obvious when you turn a corner in a 3D game. Like this:

How do you fix this? With vertical sync! Enable it by going to Game Settings > VSync.

Save states

Save states is a feature that saves the exact spot you are in any game. You can use this feature manually by going into the File menu or by quick keyboard shortcuts.

PPSSPP offers two ways to use save states. You have quick saves and save state files.

Quick saves

If you want instant gratification, quick saves are the instant saving you want.

  • Capturing a quick save: To capture a quick save go to File > Save State, or press the F2 key. You could also press the Esc key during gameplay to access the save states screen to save a state, which looks like this:
  • Loading a quick save: To load a quick save that you previously saved, go to File > Load State, or press the F4 key. You could also press the Esc key during gameplay to access the save states screen to load a state.
  • 5 States! PPSSPP lets you save up to 5 different quick save states. You can toggle between these slots by going to File > Savestate Slot and choose a slot. You could also press the F3 key to change slots, or press the Esc key during gameplay.

Save state files

These saves require an extra step but allow you to save a state as a file with a custom name.

  • Capturing a save state: To capture a save state go to File > Save State File. Type in a name for the save then click Save or press the Enter key.
  • Loading a save state: To load a save state that you previously saved, go to File > Load State File. Select the save you want to load. Note that PPSSPP can only load PPSSPP save states; not save states from other emulators. Also, it can only load a save state from a specific game. For example, if you have the North American version of Final Fantasy IV and you try to load a save state from the UK version, it won't work.

Fast forward

Fast forward is the feature that speeds up the game. To access it, press the Tab key. Hold it down and let go until you want the fast forwarding to end.

Capturing screen shots

First, you need to decide how big you want the screen shots to be. PPSSPP will capture screen shots at the exact size you currently have the window. Or if you're in full screen mode, it'll capture screen shots at full resolution. You can change the window size by going to Game Settings > Window Size.

To capture a screen shot, just press the F12 key. PPSSPP will dump the shot as a JPG in memstick > PSP > SCREENSHOT, as shown below:

Ppsspp Setting For Fullmetal 3

Do you prefer capturing screen shots as a lossless PNG? Well, you're stuck with JPG. To capture PNG screen shots you need a screen capture program. A good free one that I recommend is ShareX. Once installed, you can just press Ctrl+Prt Scr and hover over the game screen. ShareX will capture the game screen as if PPSSPP just took a screen shot. ShareX will dump the PNG screen shot in Documents > ShareX > Screenshots.

Finding ISOs

In my links page, I have some good links to sites where you can download PSP ISOs. If you want to try to find more sites than what's in my collection of links, just Google around. For example, if you want to download God of War just Google “download god of war psp”.

You may have some trouble finding a good site since most ROM sites do not have PSP games due to their large size. The same goes for trying to find ISOs for systems such as PS2/PS3/GameCube/Wii and beyond. Fortunately, people upload large games to cloud platforms all the time. You'll only find these links to such valuable resources on Reddit. You can find these Reddit links on Google with such keywords as “reddit download psp games”.

Q: I get Error Code 80110383!

You currently have PPSSPP in a read-only location on your computer. You must move PPSSPP to a more common location such as Documents, Downloads, or a folder on your desktop.

Q: PPSSPP isn't saving anything!

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If you're using PPSSPP for the first time and you're finding that you have all these problems:

  1. Save states aren't working. You save a state, then when you try to reload it nothing happens.
  2. When you save your game at a save point and close/re-open PPSSPP, you find that the save is lost.
  3. Emulator configurations that you changed aren't saved. When you close/re-open PPSSPP, you have to make those configuration changes again.

Ppsspp Setting For Fullmetal Online

Then your problem is that you currently have PPSSPP in a read-only location on your computer. You must move PPSSPP to a more common location such as Documents, Downloads, or a folder on your desktop.

Setting Ppsspp Fullmetal Alchemist

Thank you for reading my tutorial! If you found it useful, you're welcome to return the gesture by buying something from my Amazon store. If have questions you're welcome to email me or message me on social media.

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